Runners should allow time between marathons

A study appearing in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases included a startling statistic: 82% of marathon runners developed acute kidney injury during races. I sat down with the lead and senior authors of the study to discuss the implications, including ways that dedicated marathon runners can avoid kidney damage while maintaining pace.

Full disclosure: I'm part of the Program of Applied Translational Research at Yale as are two of the study authors, but I had no role in this study. I'm also an editor at AJKD but joined the editorial board after this manuscript was accepted.